Trainers, hold on your seats as this update is huge and we can say this is the most exiting update so far, A new version of Pokemon GO 0.153.0 is rolling slowly for Android and its Data Mine report suggests many new features like Competitive Play, Buddy System v2, Route Maker, Gen 5 Pokemon and much more!

Before we begin, All the following updates are currently not live from the server side, we want to reiterate that nothing written here is endorsed, confirmed, or shared by Niantic. These are reports found by various data miners on the Internet, and they are subject to change.

Buddy System v2

A whole new Buddy System v2 is coming to Pokemon GO with lots of improvements and much of cool new features.

The Upcoming Buddy System will be having a “Buddy Level” stat, which will be based on your interaction with your Buddy.

According to the Codebase you can increase the Buddy Pokemon level by Feeding, Grooming and few other different activities.

There is also a cool feature which is mentioned many times in the codebase “Buddy Encounter Cameo”. Currently it is not clear what it would be, seems like it would chance to encounter your buddy Pokemon on the map or your buddy Pokemon as “Catchable” Pokemon.